Strongly atmospheric . . . Fans of Spanish Mystery master Arturo PerezRevatewill enjoy this volume. Baltimore SunTheres plenty to admire in thismystery. . . . S... » 

Strongly atmospheric . . . Fans of Spanish Mystery master Arturo PerezRevatewill enjoy this volume. Baltimore SunTheres plenty to admire in thismystery. . . . Satisfying.Washington Post Book WorldImpressive levelsof storytelling and fairness. . . . Wonderful. . . . Pawel resists easysolutions to historically difficult problems.Chicago TribuneA colorfulthrilling story about loyalty and love . . . Pawel weaves together hercharacters fate with a deft and cunning hand.Detroit Free PressPawelframes the difficult and moral questions of the era in the lives of herfascinating characters bringing history alive.Rocky MountainNewsLieutenant Carlos Tejada has been transferred to Salamanca the citywhere he studied law before the Civil War. His new police duties includemonitoring paroleesformer professors who were fired for protesting a Francodecree. Elena Fernandez having lost her job because of her politicalsympathies has returned home to Salamanca from Madrid where she and Tejada hadfirst been romantically involved. Her father one of the parolees was adistinguished professor of Classics. He has just received a letter from aJewish friend Professor Joseph Meyer begging for help to cross into Spainfrom France before he is forcibly repatriated to Germany. ProfessorFernandez cannot violate his parole by traveling to the border town of SanSebastian so Elena goes in his stead. Tejada tracing a missing parolee findshimself in San Sebastian too. There Elena and Tejadas paths fatefully crossagain.Rebecca Pawel is 26 years old lives in New York City and teaches ata Brooklyn high school. Her widelypraised firstnovel Death of aNationalist won the 2004 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was an LATimes Book Prize finalist. Death of a Nationalist appeared on several 2003top ten mystery lists including Chicago Tribune Publishers Weekly andDetroit Free Press. «